Bird cage

ABSTRACT

An improved bird cage, fabricated of transparent plastic material which provides separate connecting compartments for sleeping and bathing purposes of the caged bird. The sides and top of the bathing compartment and the sleeping compartment are formed of solid transparent plastic sheets, with each compartment being removable from the cage assembly, and with the openings in the main cage compartment to the bathing and sleeping compartments being closeable by a sliding door or grill. The base section of the cage is removable for cleaning purposes, and is located below a grill of plastic bars which may be fastened to, or removed from the cage independently of the removable base section.

0 11 Un ted States atent 11 1 1111 Memes Baratta Jan. 115, 1974-1 BIRDCAGE Primary ExaminerLouis G. Mancene [75] Inventor: ll-lilda E.Baratta, Hyde Park, NY. Asslsmnt Exammer j' Eskovltz Attorney-Howard I.Podell [73] Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organization,

llnc., New York, NY. a part interest [5 7] ABSTRACT Filedl 1972 Animproved bird cage, fabricated of transparent plas- [21] AppL No:298,927 tic material which provides separate connecting compartments forsleeping and bathing purposes of the caged bird. The sides and top ofthe bathing compart- U-S. Cl. ment and the leeping compartment areformed of Int. olid transparent plastic Sheets each Compart- 0f Search18, ment being removable from the cage assembly and with the openings inthe main cage compartment to References Cited the bathing and sleepingcompartments being close- UNITED STATES PATENTS able by a sliding dooror grill. The base section of the 2,914,022 11/1959 Hinton 119/17 Cageis removable for Cleaning Purposes, and is 1,632,380 6/1927 Marcus119/17 Gated below a grill 0f PlastiC bars which y be 1112.940 4/1938Voss 119/17 tened to, or removed from the cage independently of 3.41512612/1968 Cheung 119/18 the removable base section. 3185,13 5/1965 Bird119/18 1 Claim, 5 Drawing Figures sum CAGE SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Thisinvention relates to a bird cage with separate removable sidecompartments, said removable compartments being provided for sleepingand bathing purposes respectively.

An advantage of this bird cage is that the separate detachable bathingand sleeping compartments may be enclosed by solid transparent plasticpanels.

A further advantage of this bird cage is that it may be constructed oftransparent plastic material throughout, to reduce the possibility ofthe bird, in a frightened condition, injuring itself against metal barsconventionally employed to construct such cages.

The exterior sides and top of the main cage compartment are formed of aplastic grill. Openings in opposing sides lead to the solid panelledsleeping compartment and bathing compartment respectively, with eitheror both of such openings closeable, as desired, by the use of slidingplastic grill doors mounted to the main compartment. The sleepingcompartment contains a concave-shaped platform to permit the bird nestleupon, and the bottom of the bathing compartment forms a concavewater-proof tub.

The base section of the main compartment is removable for cleaningpurposes, being covered by a slidable plastic grill which is removed orreplaced independently of the base section, so as to enclose the bottomsection of the cage, when the base section is removed.

The main cage compartment is fitted with removable feed and watercompartments which attach to a side of the cage, with a grill whichslides in the vertical plane to cover the cage opening in the downposition, and a handle member mounted on the top of the cage which isattachable to a pedestal stand. The handle member is also suitable formanually carrying the cage, when it is detached from said pedestalstand.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The objects and features of theinvention may be understood with reference to the following detaileddescription of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, takentogether with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is an elevation view of the improved bird cage;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the cage taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view of the door grill and attachingslide member taken along line 3-3; FIG. 4 is a perspective view of thecage; and

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of a feeding tray.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Turning now descriptively to thedrawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elementsthroughout the several views, FIG. 1-5 illustrate the bird cage withindependently removable sleeping compartment 12, bathing compartment 13,base section 25, and feed and water compartments 30.

The central compartment 40 is formed of plastic grill work consisting ofspaced horizontal transparent or translucent plastic bars which arejoined together. Vertical angle sections 24 border the main cage openingand the openings from the central compartment 40 to the bathingcompartment 13 and the sleeping compartment 12. Angle sections 24 extendconsiderably above the said openings in the cage grill to provide atrack for the sliding, in a vertical plane, of the cage door 17 and foreach of the two doors 22 which enclose the sleeping and bathingcompartment. A pair of similarly shaped angle members are horizontallymounted to the opposing sides of the bottom cage opening to retain thebottom grill 20 in place, permitting the bottom grill 20 to he slid outof the back of the cage, independently of the position of the bottombase section 25. The bottom base section 25, consisting of a solidbottom panel 41 joined to four solid side panels 42, is hung fromprojections 26 extending horizontally from the bottom of the twoopposing cage sides, with projections 26 fitting into horizontal groovesformed by projections 27 which extend from the interior of the sides 42,so as to permit the bottom base section 25 to be slid in the horizontalplane out of engagement with the cage projections 26, when it is desiredto remove the bottom base section 25 for purposes of cleaning.

The two feeders 30 are each of L-shaped crosssection as shown in FIG. 5,with the protruding lower section 35 partially fitting into the insideof the cage 40 through an opening in the cage. The feeder openings areof a size to admit the lower section 35 of the feeder. Clips 34 mountedto-the face of the upper side 44 of the feeder permit the fastening of afeeder 30 externally to the side of the cage, when the lower section 35of the feeder 30 is mounted through the cage opening. The top section 31of the feeder is open at the top to permit food or water to be addedfrom outside the cage, with the top plane 33 of the lower section 35 ofthe feeder being open to permit access to the food or water by the cagedbird.

The sleeping compartment 12 and the bathing compartment 13 are formed ofsolid or translucent transparent external panels 15 and are eachdetachable mounted to opposing sides of the cage, each compartment beinglocated adjacent an opening in the cage side grill, which opening may beclosed'by sliding door 22 mounted to the cage.

A sleeping platform 14 is located in the lower section of the sleepingcompartment 12. Sleeping platform 14 is recessed in a curved concaveshape to assist the bird to nestle in its accustomed manner, whensleeping.

A bathing platform 46 is located above the bottom section of the bathingcompartment 13, with bathing platform 46 recessed in the concave shapeof a portion of a sphere, so as to retain bath water and to permit thebird to readily enter or leave the bathing platform 46.

A handle 11 is fastened to the top 47 of the cage 10 for the purposes ofhanging, or manually carrying the cage 10.

. Main cage door 17 and side cage doors 22 are maintained in the closedposition by gravity,'with each door being slidable upwards in angleslides 24 to uncover the respective cage opening. Door 17 may be graspedby handle 13 and each of doors 22 may be grasped by a knob 23, with eachof said doors being held in the open position by being cocked angularlyagainst the fixed angle members 24, or by other fastening means.

In this description, directionally oriented terms such as vertical,horizontal, up" and down" relate to the positions when the cage isoriented in its normal position so as to rest on the bottom panel 25 ofthe base section, or to be hung from handle 11.

Since the material making up the sections of the cage are fabricated ofplastic material, it is possible to form such members of material ofvarying transparency. In some instances, it may be desirable to utilizeopaque plastic materials for the panel sections enclosing the sleepingcompartment.

Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of theinvention described herein, such modifications being within the spiritand scope of the invention claimed, it is indicated that all mattercontained herein is intended as illustrative and not as limiting inscope.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A multi-compartmented bird cage for the accomodation of a pet bird,said cage including a main compartment adjoining a bathing compartmentand a sleeping compartment, with openings in said compartments to permitpassage of the caged bird from the main compartment to the adjoiningcompartments,

the main compartment being bottomed by a detachable base section, withan opening between the main compartment and the said base section beingcovered by a slidable grill, said slidable grill being mounted to thecage and fastened to, or removable from the said opening of the cageindependently of the detachable base section, with both the bathingcompartment and the sleeping compartment detachably mounted to the cage,with the lower section of the sleeping compartment fitted with aplatform having an upper concave resting surface.

1. A multi-compartmented bird cage for the accomodation of a pet bird,said cage including a main compartment adjoining a bathing compartmentand a sleeping compartment, with openings in said compartments to permitpassage of the caged bird from the main compartment to the adjoiningcompartments, the main compartment being bottomed by a detachable basesection, with an opening between the main compartment and the said basesection being covered by a slidable grill, said slidable grill beingmounted to the cage and fastened to, or removable from the said openingof the cage independently of the detachable base section, with both thebathing compartment and the sleeping compartment detachably mounted tothe cage, with the lower section of the sleeping compartment fitted witha platform having an upper concave resting surface.